Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
WALTER SCOTTTreason seldom dwells with courage.
More Walter Scott Quotes
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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And better had they ne’er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
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Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Crystal and hearts would lose all their merit in the world if it were not for their fragility.
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The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
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The will to do, the soul to dare.
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I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it’s room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
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If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.
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A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
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I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
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I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right, but when I am a little in the wrong.
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Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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